Indigo Bananas color shifting shimmer and flakies polishes,various collections
NOT PRESS SAMPLES
I have been meaning to swatch and blog these forever! I mean it, It's been a year since I got some of these. Others I have had for a long time and have worn but it was long before I was blogging. These all contain color shifting shimmers and flakies, my favorite finish of nail polish. Some of these were purchased very early on in my discovery of indie polish and are still favorites, as Indigo Bananas is one of my favorite brands. It's shocking and infinately pleasing to me that these are all still available.This seems the perfect timing as 3 beautiful customs are being offered by Indigo Bananas to the OGUP Facebook group beginning Friday Nov 30, 2018. You will need to be a member to purchase them at the moment. You may consider adding some of these to your cart? ;) These polishes are offered in full size, $12 for 15mm and minis, $7.25 for 8ml. In addition there will be a restock of last year's thermal "unicorn pee" polishes except now they will have 2.5 times the amount of thermal pigment as it is aging. They will be slightly different than before. See my blog post reviewing them here. In addition versions of the dark, cold state color only will be offered and a holiday duo we have yet to see.
All photos are taken under my T5 full spectrum lights and natural light. Shown with one coat of glossy topcoat and one nail with matte topcoat.
Check out some other reviews of these polishes, I paricularly like Ida Nails It and Polished Hound. Just search their blogs for Indigo Bananas.
GODS AND MONSTERS
This is a black jelly base filled with red/gold/orange/green colorshifting shimmer known as "unicorn pee" by many in polish land and the matching flakies. It absolutely gorgeous and I don't know why I didn't get it sooner. Video HERE. Part of the Halloween 2014 Collection.
3 coats with topcoat
Easy to use formula, good dry time, even coverage and flakies lay down easily.
Simple removal though the flakes do like to stick to skin. Nothing a little sugar scrub can't rememdy.
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GRAVE IMPORTANCE
This is a cherry red jelly base with aqua/blue/green color shifting flakies. This one doesn't appear to have any shimmer. Video HERE. Part of the 2014 Halloween Collection.
3 coats with topcoat.
Good coverage, even application, flakies lay down and are easy to manuever into place.
removal like a creme.
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PERFECT NIGHT (FOR MYSTERY AND HORROR)
This is a cool toned plum jelly filled with a rainbow of unicorn pee and sibling pigments, 5 of them along with aqua to violet color shifting flakies. This is more cool toned in person but neither my camera nor color correcting wanted to cooperate. I do think it was darker when I got it, 3.5 years ago so do read some others reviews for swatches of what it looks like at first. Video HERE. Part of the 2014 Halloween collection.
For this one I did what I'm calling 3.5 coats. What I mean by that is at 3 coats I still had some patchiness so I added more on those spots while wet.
Removal the same, easy but flakes can stick to skin.
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REIGN
This is a garnet red jelly filled with red/green/orange flakies and gold to green shimmer. This one was also not friendly with my camera, it looks quite magenta. It was more red in person. To get it as deep as the bottle however I think an undie would be needed or a 4th coat. I used Ninja Divinity before and the combination was mesmerizing. See that mani here.The free edges shows a little here but does not outside of very bright lighting. Video HERE. Part of the Summer Rains collection.
3 coats with topcoat.
Easy to apply and remove.
Good dry time.
ACID OCEAN
A blue leaning teal jelly filled colorshifting shimmer in gold/bronze/green and flakies that shift green/aqua/indigo. It's my long time favorite from Indigo Bananas.
Swatch from 2015. Part of the Summer Rains collection.
3 coats with topcoat.
Easy to apply, good dry time, flakes are obediant, simple removal.
Alas i forgot to take a video of this one!
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SLEEPING BEAUTY
This is a dark blue jelly filled with blue/violet/red/gold colorshifting flakies.
This is noted as a possible stainer on Indigo Bananas site, I have only swatched it so I cannot say. Video HERE. Part of the Holoday 2014 trio.
3 coats with topcoat.
the same great application, dry time and removal.
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ENCHANTED LAKE
This is an evergreen jelly with red/gold/green color shifting flakies. So juicy! Part of the Holiday 2014 trio. Video HERE.
3 coats with topcoat.
As with all of these it's easy to apply,dry, and remove.
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COMPARISONS
pointer to pinky, 3 coats each: Enchanted Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Acid Ocean, Acid Ocean
all shown under T5s
Pointer to pinky, 3 coats each: Grave Importance, Perfect Night, Reign, Reign
all shown under T5s
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